Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-02-27

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Eur0psan powers, seen 10 have TIE
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prsparstioza. uhat Ill these ssarss snd
supprssssd muttsrinas. meant Rave
any Of the EaFOpsan stations anything
70 aehi aboatP Ard, n %. are they -
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bsine given thsm7 To TIE amt qass-
tfon Il mag Be answered that there ere
ihEss o. foaF nafisns IL Europs vho are
tailoring under vhas thsy fasssioasly
dsnominais ~ grievances. and a. no
body elss seems inclined 10 SIP In and
redress thoss grievances fer them. the
iniared parties IN qaestion are casting
shout for means fer sedrsssina tham
themselves. The sun Of ell this Il var.
First snesR the sIAimanas b Russia.
Who wants What she fought foF In the
cFimsan War and did not st, nansly.
the city sf Constantinopls. That hems
Of the oonstAntlnss Ia held By the Sub
lims Ports, backed By thu nonsy, TIE
aFma and The isenencs Of EnaIasd
Nexi, tbs Macedonian provinces. fou
vhoss undergraduates the sEistOsatfe PHI.
grim 81 Eternity 90 calamity fought
and died. want 10 be delivered from %.
suz 'rainty Of the unspeAkAbls Turk
and 10 Se apart Of such . consolidated
Hellas ~ existed In the days Of PhiliI
and AlexsndsS. Then, that dsbeiabll
land which, in . rough way, lies soutl
Of Austria and north Of 0Eseos, Il no
altogether satisfied With the arrange
meni Of lie Affairs made By the Treat,
Of Berlin. ssd The various tiny king
doms and pFinclpaIities included In II
are perpetuslIy invoking some big na
sson 70 come 10 ana settle their com
mon differences. Lastly, France ha
oct recovered from the smart Of beinl
beaten By . despised nsiehbor 10 be
! own country, and 81 having her owl
fair capital held 70 ransom By an In
} vader.
; These, shortly, are the principal can
! bslii. but whether there viii Be 9 oanfis
) Rsation from 20 moch oOmbustible ms
: tsrlal. Il il very difaeult to say. Nc
body realizes the consequences Of va
!, more keenly than the parties prospect
/ lively engaged. and With modern arm
brought 10 the state Of proficisney &
which they are new, the horrors Of
: Rssas European var are infinitely moi
!. awful 10 contemplate than they we're
}. century, q half century, or even
= qaartsF Of century ago.
A naval war towards the closs of ID
: lass century. II not exactly picuic, va
not on the whole very eFuesoms sifai
9 10 the hFst place. the chances Of JAG
losing the number Of bis uess we're n
mote. Even should bis ship come int
!, sslios, be could eoaBt almost with Gel
: tdnty on her coming oct, and not sinl
iaR beneath bis feet like an irCn DC
With hole In IL. His ship might
Eiddled ell over With the shot Of ID
enemy, and yst be repaired in saeh
gay that she could make port all Tiahi
Tue chances we're At least twenty 10 on
against bis being killed outright. I
US far more likely that be would e
espe SCOT free, o., At the worst, b
weunded or linReF q few mouths In
foreign prison.
All this is altered nov. and for su,
~arst rates" 10 come into action mean
that one Of them must sink. There I
no sort Of middle chance nov as Their
go in the days Of the ''sauey kssihusa.
4 modern warship In thsss times
hulled With big shot will. In all prob
ability, go Eieht TO the bottom, water
tight compartments noswithstandine
and no one knows this fact better thai
Jack himself. what holds true In ID,
esss Of maEine warfare holds equally q
In the eass Of terrestrial wAFsfaFs. Nov
The destructive rover Of the engine,
employed is ~ hfty 10 one. Ooapartd
10 these Of such late period ~ even ths
Crimean var, when the Lancasts,
vas 10 iss glory, 70 say noahiae Of ths
pAlmy days Of ths cid smooth hoFs
"bFown Bees" For The sAkeof illussra.
,ton suly, 70 b 10 be regretted that there
is no very medsEa instance on record Of
marine action. yet even 10 the CEN.
pAFatively remote aaAir Of the Ksarsarse
asd the Alabama. 10 viii b remem
hessd thaa after . brief eannonadine
one Of the vessels engaged vas sunk
oatEight. II duel 81 80 vas q pretty
warm affair In shoss days. What would u
Be now. between sseh Representatives 81
marine arehitsetars - the Bsnbow and
The collinRwoodI soppOsiaR. ws sAy.
that thess vessels met In Chsrbouse
Roada equally manned and equally
eQuipped. Thy are sister ships -
70 tonnage and the metal thsy carry.
What voaid Be the effect Of their en-
eagtne IN aetionf Why. eaeh being